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International Stop Tar Sands Day

June 18, 2011 12:00

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Outside Canadian High Commission, Grosvenor Sq.

Demotix: Climate Rush activists protest at Tate Britain

Climate Rush activists demonstrated outside the Tate Britain, which is sponsored by BP, to mourn those that lost lives, as well as environmental damage resulting from the Deepwater Horizon disaster which began on this day last year. London, UK, 20/04/2011.

Demotix: Anti-BP flashmob sleep-in inside Tate Modern

Climate change activists against BP sponsorship of art and the Tate Museums slept on the floor of the Tate Modern after 2pm with banners and BP eye shades, waking up at 2:15 to demonstrate further.

Demotix: Protesters gain entry to BP's AGM in London

Protesters breached the gates of excel during BP's AGM. A teary eyed Diane Wilson from Texas covered her face and hands with oil and was arrested for breach of the peace whilst Axel Kohler-Schnura demandined entry as a shareholder.

Demotix: Protest outside BP's AGM at London's ExCel

Protesters gathered outside of ExCel in London where BP were holding their Annual General Meeting. A heavy police presence was in force.

FLASH MOB - The Great BP-sponsored Sleep-in

April 17, 2011 14:00

Sunday 17 April 2011, 2PM at Tate Modern, Bankside, London, SE1 9TG

: Activists blockade Coryton oil refinery

Around 500 activists from various climate groups descended on the Coryton oil refinery near Stanford-le-Hope to impose a blockade preventing oil tankers from leaving and were successful until the evening. Coryton, United Kingdom, 16/10/2010

: BP Party at the Pumps

Activists against BP gathered outside Oxford Circus tube station at 1pm to be taken to a secret location in order to demonstrate against the Tar Sands industry and the Sunrise Project. London, United Kingdom, 10/04/2010.

Party at the Pumps

April 10, 2010 13:00

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Saturday, 10 April 2010

Meet 1 PM at Oxford Circus

: Tar Sands Oil-ympics outside Canada House

Protest in Trafalgar Square opposite Canada House against the extraction of Tar Sands in Canada. The protest was aimed at Royal Dutch Shell, British Petroleum and the Royal Bank of Scotland. London, United Kingdom, 13/02/2010.

: COP OUT: Climate Camp in Trafalgar Square

Climate Camp occupies Trafalgar Square to protest against the corporation-friendly 'solutions' to climate change that will be touted at the COP 15 Climate Conference in Copenhagen.



Market solutions (ie scams) such as carbon offset schemes are a dangerous distraction from this 11th hour chance to prevent runaway climate change. The only effective solution is to decarbonise our economies as fast as …

Tuesday's climate camp tar sands protest

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To highlight the devastating effect of mining for oil contained in tar sands in Alberta, Canada, a travelling demo of about 200 climate campers marched from Trafalgar Square, to the National Portrait Gallery, to BP Headquarters and finally to Shell headquarters.